#BC4A57#BC4A57

#BC4A57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.147 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4A57
RGB	rgb(188, 74, 87)
HSL	hsl(353, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 46.96, 16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 49.77, 19.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.1411 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.147 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9102, 16.2801, 10.8456)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4A57 #4ABCAF

analogous

#BC4A90 #BC4A57 #BC764A

triadic

#BC4A57 #57BC4A #4A57BC

tetradic

#BC4A57 #90BC4A #4ABCAF #764ABC

square

#BC4A57 #90BC4A #4ABCAF #764ABC

split-complementary

#BC4A57 #4ABC76 #4A90BC

monochromatic

#66262D #933641 #BC4A57 #CD7780 #DDA3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC4A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC4A57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4A57

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4A57	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 74, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.147 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d58186',
    500: '#bc4a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4a57;
$custom-light: #d58186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.158,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56424,
    "c": 0.14698,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4A57

secondary

#98CAC4

accent

#D6C752

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4A57

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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